"PV in 2012: What's Next in Photovoltaic Technology, Policy, and Economics?"
David Danielson, Joel Conkling, Tonio Buonassisi, Michael Rogol
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2007
Limited to 60 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
Photovoltaics markets are growing fast and technology is evolving rapidly. The aim of this course is to explore the key drivers and trends in photovoltaics over the next 5 years. The course will consist of a series of lectures featuring guests from the MIT community and beyond. The technical emphasis of the course will be strong but balanced, to expand the horizons of both individuals with scientific & engineering as well as non-technical backgrounds.
Contact: David Danielson, 13-4138, (617) 512-2646, dtdaniel@mit.edu
Sponsor: Energy Club
"Introduction to Photovoltaics: Understanding the Basics of Energy and PV"
Tonio Buonassisi (Research Scientist at Evergreen Solar)
Tue Jan 9, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
"Technology Strategy and Winning in the Solar Industry: SunPower as a Case Study"
Rebecca Henderson
Thu Jan 11, 01-04:00pm, E51-145
"Photovoltaic Technologies: Latest Trends from Feedstock to Devices"
Tonio Buonassisi (Research Scientist at Evergreen Solar)
Thu Jan 11, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
"Photovoltaic Manufacturing on the Multi-GW Scale"
Adam Lorenz (MIT Alum - Research Engineer at Evergreen Solar)
Tue Jan 16, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
"Photovoltaic Modules: The Importance of Packaging"
Andrew Gabor (Senior Member of the Technical Staff at Evergreen Solar)
Thu Jan 18, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
"The Downstream of Photovoltaics: Balance of Systems and Installation"
TBD
Tue Jan 23, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
"The Present and Future of the PV Industry: Supply, Demand, Price, and Profits"
Joel Conkling/Michael Rogol MIT Sloan MBA Student/MIT PhD ESD Student
Thu Jan 25, 07-08:30pm, 66-144
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Augmentation of the Tsunami Early Warning System
P.J. Cefola, Research Affiliate, J.E. Draim, Captain, USN (Ret)
Tue Jan 16, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-206
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
Investigate a concept for satellite-based observation of sea surface phenomena which reflect a tsunami wave progressing across the ocean. The concept is based on passive microwave remote sensing of the ocean. The intent is to complement economically the current tsunameters which are expensive to establish and maintain. The three objectives are: apply a multi-objective, multidisciplinary design optimization (MMDO) for modeling different architecture options for the tsunami early warning problem; provide the technical analyses required to support design of the remote sensing system; and provide a preliminary design of the satellite system. Architecture options are: detection based on seismic data and bottom pressure recorders (current tsunameter and buoys); detection based on seismic data and satellite-based remote sensing; and detection based on seismic data, bottom pressure recorders, and satellite-based remote sensing.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-206, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Aviation Accident Investigation or Agatha Christie for Engineers
Brian Nield Boeing Commercial Airplane, Chuck Oman
Tue Jan 30, 02-03:00pm, 32-124
Wed Jan 31, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-319
Thu Feb 1, 02-04:00pm, Room 33-319
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2007
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: spreadsheet skills (Excel); some familiarity with aviation
Commercial aviation is extremely safe, in part due to knowledge gained from studying accidents. The investigation process and some of the most significant accidents are discussed. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to work with their peers in a small, self-directed, investigative team to solve a realistic (but fictional) aircraft accident mystery. New information on the crash will be given out each session as you piece together the facts to determine what caused the accident and build recommendations for improving flying safety. Minimum enrollment is 6. Room is TBA for Tues 1/30.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/ia07/16.AI/index.html
Contact: Liz Zotos, 37-219, x3-7805, zotos@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Boeing 767 Cockpit Systems and Automation
Dr. Charles Oman, Brian Nield (Boeing Commercial Airplane), and Colleagues
Mon Jan 29 thru Fri Feb 2, 09am-01:00pm, Room 33-116, Simulator, 2-5 pm, Rm 33-218
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Basic flight simulator flying skills (see below).
Are you an aero-engineering student, pilot, or serious desktop flight simulator user? Want to understand how transport aircraft systems and automation work? Boeing and MIT Aero/Astro are offering a systems and automation familiarization course corresponding to those taken by Boeing engineers and airline pilots. Classroom lectures and afternoon/evening sessions using a sophisticated B767-300 desktop flight simulator, computer based training modules, and a real B767 at Logan Airport. You should have some familiarity with basic desktop flight simulator flying. Simulator, computer based training, Logan airport trip and Stellar web site access limited to 12 preregistrants. Morning lectures open to MIT community - no registration required. Computer based training sessions are 6-8PM, Room 33-218; Logan Airport trip is in the evening of Feb 2.
Web: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/16/ia07/16.767/index.html
Contact: Liz Zotos, x3-7805, zotos@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Clean Coal Electric Power Generation in a Carbon Constrained World
János M. Beér
Tue Jan 23, 02-04:00pm, 66-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
Advanced coal-based power generating options, including pulverized coal fired Rankine Cycle steam plants with Supercritical or Ultra-Supercritical steam parameters, Oxy combustion in pulverized coal and circulating fluidized combustion, and IGCC without and with carbon capture and storage (CCS) are compared for their efficiency, cost, and operational availability.
Technologies increasing the plant efficiency are shown to significantly improve the environmental performance of power plants to be constructed in the near term, and to remain important also for plants that will be equipped with CCS in the future. The timeline of the various technologies for their development, demonstration, and commercial availability for deployment is discussed.
Contact: János M. Beér, 66-301, x3-6661, jmbeer@mit.edu
Sponsor: Chemical Engineering
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Engineering Systems Challenges at Children's Hospital Boston
Oli de Weck, Gregory J. Young
Mon Jan 29, 01-02:30pm, E51-149
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Talk on engineering systems challenges at Children's Hospital Boston by Gregory J. Young, M.D., President and CEO, Pediatric Physician's Organization and Vice President of Community Pediatrics for Children's Hospital Boston. Details TBA. Sponsored by ESD Seminar.
Contact: Oli de Weck, deweck@mit.edu
Sponsor: Engineering Systems Division
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Fueling the Future : What DOD is doing in Renewable Energy.
Kurt Keville
Mon Jan 22, 04-06:00pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Did you know...
that the US Military is the largest consumer of Renewable Energy in the US?
that Dyess AFB in Texas is powered entirely by Renewables?
that the Department of Defense is moving to displace the majority of their fossil fuel usage this decade?
Come and find out what the DoD is doing in the research and fielding of Wind, Solar, Diesel and Hydrogen resources.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/isn/
Contact: Kurt Keville, NE47-400, x4-6422, kkeville@mit.edu
Sponsor: Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
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Highlights of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Marie Stuppard
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: N/A
A series of lectures on the activities of the Aero-Astro Department. We will cover areas of interest in research, with oral presentations, films and/or demos. Please revisit this page for other upcoming lectures in this series.
Contact: Marie Stuppard, 33-208, x3-2279, mas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
The US Airline Industry: Competition, Convergence, Consolidation?
Dr. Peter P. Belobaba, MIT Global Airline Industry Program
This year-end update on the performance of US airlines explores recent trends in airfares, airline operating costs and productivity, and relates them to the industry's financial performance. There is much evidence that re-structuring by Legacy airlines, combined with the growing pains of Low-cost carriers, have moved both types of airlines closer to convergence.
Wed Jan 10, 03-04:00pm, 33-206
Augmentation of the Tsunami Early Warning System
Paul J. Cefola and John E. Draim
Investigate a concept for satellite-based observation of sea surface phenomena which reflect a tsunami wave progressing across the ocean. The concept is based on passive microwave remote sensing of the ocean. The intent is to complement economically the current tsunameters which are expensive to establish and maintain. Objectives of the effort as well as architecture options will be discussed.
Tue Jan 16, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-206
"Some Funny Things Happened on the Way to the Moon": A History of MIT's Participation in the Guidance, Navigation & Control of the Apollo Spacecraft
Prof. Richard Battin
In the spring of 1961, President Kennedy announced that America would send astronauts to the moon and return them safely to earth. Exactly eleven weeks later MIT was chosen by NASA as the first prime contractor to supply the Guidance and Navigation System for the Apollo spacecrafts. A true story told by one who was there.
Wed Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-116, Note Room Change.
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Humans and Artificial Agents Learning Simultaneously
Dr. Jacob Crandall
Wed Jan 24, 09:30am-03:30pm, Room 33-319
Thu Jan 25, 09:30am-03:00pm, Room 33-319
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 24 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Advances in artificial learning are leading to more sophisticated and capable automated products. However, the benefits offered by these technologies are limited to our ability to use them. As such, attention must be given to how artificial learning affects human-machine interactions. In this class, we will overview challenges arising from situations in which automated agents and humans learn simultaneously. We will compare and contrast artificial learning methods with theories of human learning in multi-agent domains. We will study how humans and artificial agents learn and behave as they associate with each other. These topics will be presented through self experiments, lectures, and discussion.
Contact: Dr. Jacob Crandall, 33-407, x8-5046, jcrandal@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Hydrogen: hype or hope?
Caetano Rodrigues Miranda, Francesca Balleto
Tue Jan 23, Thu Jan 25, Tue Jan 30, Thu Feb 1, 04pm-05:30am, 13-4101
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2007
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Hydrogen: hype or hope?
Oil crisis? Global warming? Unlimited source of energy?
In four sessions of live discussions, we will explore the fundamental problems for the implementation of the so-called Hydrogen Economy. This activity will cover the challenges to production, distribution, storage and uses of Hydrogen. From science fiction to the most recent advances in fuel cell and hydrogen storage research done at MIT, a clear scientific overview of this hot topic and cool science will be presented.
Web: http://TBA
Contact: Caetano Rodrigues Miranda, 13-5001, (617) 324-2086, cmiranda@mit.edu
Sponsor: Materials Science and Engineering
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Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy
Patrick Boisvert
Thu Jan 25, 10-11:00am, 13-2137
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, x3-3317, pboisver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Introduction to Surface Analysis
Libby Shaw
Wed Jan 17, 24, 02-05:00pm
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2007
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
CMSE's Shared Experimental Facilities include several useful tools for looking at the structure and chemical composition of solid surfaces with a sampling depth of a few atomic layers. This course is a general introduction to three of these techniques: Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). We will summarize how each technique works, its strengths and limitations, and some of the research questions these methods help to answer.
Contact: Libby Shaw, 13-4149, x3-5045, elshaw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Introduction to Transmission Electron Microscopy
Yong Zhang
Fri Jan 26, 02-04:00pm, 13-2137
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The lecture provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of transmission electron microscopy. Topics covered include the illumination system, electron lenses and their aberrations, image formation and resolution. A variety of imaging and analysis techniques and their roles specific to inorganic materials, such as crystallography, diffraction patterns and high resolution imaging are to be presented with practical demonstration. This presentation will also introduce TEM sample preparation techniques for a wide range of materials, including metals, semiconductors, powders and thin films.
Contact: Yong Zhang, 13-1034, x3-5092, yzhang05@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Introductory Circuit Analysis: Pre-6.002
Jack Chu, Philip Godoy, Vincent Liu
Mon Jan 8 thru Fri Jan 12, 01-03:00pm, 32-155
Tue Jan 16 thru Fri Jan 19, 01-03:00pm, 36-144
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2007
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: 8.02, algebra
Primarily intended for students planning to take 6.002 next
term, but students wishing to review 6.002 material are also welcome. Also appropriate as a brief intro to circuits for non-Course VI students.
Covers various circuit analysis methods involving digital circuits, CMOS Logic, amplifers, small signal models, and op-amps, in lecture format. Will have several problem sets with problems similar to those in 6.002.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~jackchu/tpbcircuits.html
Contact: Jack Chu, tbp-circuits@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Tau Beta Pi
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Ion Beam Deposition Techniques
Larry Stelmack Alumnus, Gale S. Petrich
Wed Jan 17, Mon Jan 22, Tue Jan 23, Wed Jan 24, 01-03:00pm, 36-462
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: None
An introduction to ion beam (IB)deposition processes and their applications is presented. Ion bombardment effects in deposition of thin films are presented for IB cleaning, IB assisted deposition, and IB sputter deposition. Plasma generation and ion source operation will be discussed. Guidelines for optimizing coating yields and performance will be given. Contamination control procedures for IB processing will be discussed.
Contact: Larry Stelmack, (617) 335-9401, lstelmack@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Research Laboratory of Electronics
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MEMS 101: Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems
Nader Shaar, Daniel Truque
Tue Jan 16, Wed Jan 17, 12-02:30pm, 3-270
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 12-Jan-2007
Limited to 60 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are an active area of research and industrial applications. A suite of fabrication techniques exist that allow devices to be manufactured with features that range in size from nanometers to millimeters. An overview of MEMS fabrication, commercial MEMS products, and areas of on-going research provided in two 2.5 hour sessions. The first covers microfabrication techniques including thin-film processing, surface and bulk micromachining, and packaging techniques. The second discusses commercial MEMS applications and areas of on-going research in MEMS and Nanotechnology including MEMS sensors, optical devices, polymer fabrication, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip, and nanomaterials. (Lunch provided)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/nshaar/mems101
Contact: Nader Shaar, nshaar@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Mechanical Engineering
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Mars Base Design Workshop
Bruce Mackenzie
Thu Jan 25, Fri Jan 26, 10am-12:00pm, 1-246
Mon Jan 29, Tue Jan 30, 10am-12:00pm, 1-150
Thu Feb 1, 10am-12:00pm, 66-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Try your hand at designing a Mars Base, or a long term Mars settlement. Our main focus will be design issues for an early Mars base constructed from materials made on site. No special experience is needed; but we will be using cad or sketching; and applying principles of architecture, mechanical engineering, civil engineering,
chemistry, and psychology.
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, (781) 944-7027, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Students for Exploration and Development of Space
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Nanotechnology in Sensor Development
W. Grant McGimpsey
Wed Jan 10, 07-08:00pm, 32-144
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Please join the IEEE-EMBS Boston Chapter and the BMES MIT Chapter for our first lecture of the 2007 Distinguished Lecture Series:
Nanotechnology in Sensor Development
W. Grant McGimpsey, Ph.D.
Director, WPI Bioengineering Institute
The manipulation of materials at the micro- and nanoscales allows the fabrication of medical sensor devices with high sensitivity and high selectivity. This presentation provides a survey of medical sensor technologies that utilize nanomaterials and processes and gives an overview of the medical sensor technologies recently developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Contact: John Healy, bmes-lecture@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biological Engineering
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Overview of the Mars Homestead Project, First Step to Settlement of Space
Bruce Mackenzie Mars Foundation
Wed Jan 24, 07-09:00pm, 1-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Presentation of a proposed Mars Hillside Base. It would be built by a dozen people and automated construction equipment. The estimated cost would be about the same as round trip missions, because the saving in fuel for the return trips can be used to send manufacturing equipment.
Partially designed at MIT by the Mars Homestead team of the Mars Foundation.
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, (781) 944-7027, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Cosponsor: Mars Society
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Photovoltaics Update
Kurt Keville
Wed Jan 24, 06-08:00pm, 1-190
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
An overview of current PV technology given by Richard King, DOE PV Team Leader.
Contact: Kurt Keville, NE47-400, x4-6422, kkeville@mit.edu
Sponsor: Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies
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Protocols and Standards for Emerging Technologies: Issues in Synthetic Biology and Internet II
Ken Oye, Merritt Roe Smith, Dave Clark, Tom Knight
Thu Feb 1, 10:15am-12:45pm, Bartos Theater, PLEASE NOTE NEW STARTING TIME
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Advance readings will be posted on http://poet.mit.edu.
Many emerging technologies present a challenging set of technical design choices that call for standards and usage protocols, whether for regulatory purposes or to optimize product interoperability. This seminar will explore these issues, with speakers focusing on two current technologies (Internet and Synthetic Biology) as well as a retrospective examination of past cases. Issues addressed will include:
o What is being standardized and protocol-ized? (Future Internet-IP addressing conventions, packet header content, BGP, etc. SynBio-Standards for couplings of parts, measures of performance, typologies for classification of biological parts).
o What institutions and processes are and should be involved in the selection of standards and protocols? How do perceptions of uncertainty and implications affect the process?
Web: http://poet.mit.edu for the full agenda and advance readings.
Contact: Renee Robins, E40-381, x3-7662, rrobins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Technology and Policy Program
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Pursuing Computational Engineering, Science & Optimization at MIT
Alan Edelman, Jacob White, Gilbert Strang, Karen Willcox
Tue Jan 23, 01-03:00pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
What is computational engineering, science and optimization, and what is MIT's new interdepartmental program in CDO (Computation for Design and Optimization)? In a nutshell, CDO is about computational methodologies of simulation and optimization for the design of engineering/scientific systems. In this workshop, CDO faculty will discuss aspects of CDO methods, applications, and career opportunities, and current students will describe their research topics.
Some recent master's thesis topics include: reduced basis methods for the Boltzmann equation, inefficiency estimates for selfish networks, and random-walk computations on convex sets.
Current MIT graduate students interested in pursuing the CDO S.M. degree concurrently with their other program are encouraged to apply to CDO on a rolling admission basis.
Web: http://mit.edu/cdo-program/
Contact: Laura Koller, E40-152, 253-3725, lkoller@mit.edu
Sponsor: Computation for Design and Optimization
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Spectroscopic Instrumentation at CMSE
Tim McClure MIT
Wed Jan 31, 10am-12:00pm, 13-2137
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 29-Jan-2007
Single session event
The Center for Materials Science and Engineering's Analysis Shared Experimental Facility has an assortment of Spectroscopic instrumentation available for the use of MIT researchers. These include FTIR, Raman, UV/VIS and Fluorimeter. There will be presentations on the instrumentation and the various measurement techniques available.
Contact: Tim McClure, 13-4149, (617) 258-6470, mtim@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Tour of the MIT Research Reactor
E. Lau
Wed Jan 10, Fri Jan 12, 19, 26, 10am-12:00pm, NW12 first floor, meet at reception desk
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2007
Limited to 25 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Learn how the MIT Research Reactor is operated and utilized. A descriptive lecture and a walking tour of the lab will be given with emphasis on interdisciplinary research and applications. Advance sign up and photo ID required. To register, send email including which tour day you prefer.
Contact: E. Lau, NW12-116, x3-4211, eslau@mit.edu
Sponsor: Nuclear Reactor Lab
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Twelfth LIDS Student Conference
Xiaomeng (Shirley) Shi, Vishal Doshi, MinJi Kim
Thu Feb 1, Fri Feb 2, 08am-05:00pm, 32-155
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) graduate students present current research to fellow MIT students and faculty. Co-sponsored by Draper Lab.
The application for presentation abstracts is December 22nd. Please submit to lids-conference-submit@mit.edu. Students and faculty are welcome to attend. For final schedule check the website after January 15th.
Web: http://lids.mit.edu/LIDSCONF
Contact: Xiaomeng (Shirley) Shi, lids-conference@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Two Case Studies of Launch Vehicle Mishaps
Peter W. Young
Thu Jan 25, 02-03:00pm, Room 33-116
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A
Col. Peter Young
A discussion of the circumstances leading to two launch vehicle mishaps: a Titan IV expendable launch vehicle and a Pegasus XL winged launch vehicle mishap. Videos and slides will provide insight into the mishaps' 'root causes', and attendees will be provided insight into the operational decisions that were primary contributors to these accidents.
Contact: Peter W. Young, 33-240, x3-5340, pwyoung@mit.edu
Sponsor: Aeronautics and Astronautics
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Vacuum Technology Seminar
Johan DeRijke Varian Vacuum Technologies, Bob Childs
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2007
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Intensive Two-day noncommercial class on vacuum fundamentals for graduate students and other vacuum users. See individual sessions for specifics. Taught by a vacuum engineer with 35 years experience in vacuum Technology and numerous patents to his credit. Seminar is co-hosted by Varian Vacuum Technologies and includes a free manual. Sign up for one or both of the seminars. The Basic seminar is not a prerequisite for the Advanced seminar but will help.
Contact: Bob Childs, NW21-109, x3-1751, rchilds@psfc.mit.edu
Sponsor: Plasma Science and Fusion Center
Basic Vacuum Technology
Johan DeRijke Varian Vacuum Technologies, Bob Childs
Some of the topics that will be discussed on the first day include high vacuum, ultra high vacuum, system pressure, total gas load, material selection, system pumping speed, vacuum pumps, system operation, and system troubleshooting.
Thu Jan 18, 10-03:00am, NW17-218, Lunch supplied
Advanced Vacuum Technology
Johan DeRijke Varian Vacuum Technologies, Bob Childs
The second day will include a review of the vacuum technology concepts building on the subject with various vacuum formulas to include rough and high vacuum calculations, conductance and pumping speed calculations and techniques used in successful design and construction of vacuum systems.
Fri Jan 19, 10-03:00am, NW17-218, Lunch supplied
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What is Driving the Explosion in Online Media?
Mike Afergan '05 Chief Technology Officer, Akamai Technologies
Mon Jan 29, 04:30-06:30pm, 10-105, Bush Room
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Live games from your favorite sports league, music and movie stores, and of course social networking sites – online media is becoming an increasingly prevalent aspect of all of our lives.
In this talk, Akamai Technologies’ Chief Technology Officer, Mike Afergan '05, will discuss the who, the why, and the how behind the exciting online media trends that we experience on a daily basis. Akamai delivers the content and applications for 29 of the top 30 media companies and carries 10-20% of online web traffic on its distributed computing platform of over 20,000 servers in 2,500 locations. The talk will examine the technology enabling these applications and Akamai’s approach to operating its distributed computing platform.
A Q&A session and reception will follow the talk.
Free registration below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/user/Register.dyn?eventID=9097&groupID=194
Contact: Katie Casey, W59-212, x2-3372, kcasey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Alumni Association
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